thirst in the throat (4)
There are two main tension factors in the lower extreme.
One is the disease of the great army, and the other is the lust for power that covets the throne.
Although the two are separate, they are closely connected and influence each other.
The desire for power from the desire to live transformed into pure greed at some point, and a new tension was infused into the play as the murderous intent against his older brother was mixed.
And the existence of Wonson, who will be born four years later, becomes a turning point that raises the atmosphere of the play once more.
‘The scene of accidentally spying on the baby wonson could be seen as the starting point of a true mess.’
Jang Seung-won, who finished setting up the camera, was reading the script.
‘It is the end of the madness and the end of the drama… It is the first impression that penetrates the main theme.’
I remembered what Jeong Seo-hoon said.
He said he wanted to give a sense of unity to the emotions of his newborn nephew and his dethroned nephew.
The more I read the script, the more the words draw a clear inspiration in my head.
‘That’s a good interpretation. As expected, Lee Dae-gun had to be Jeong Seo-hoon from the beginning. Someday, I’ll be good at directing later, right?’
The joke that it was Kim Sang-hee’s tribute to Jeong Seo-hun was not a joke.
Jeong Seo-hoon was quite late.
It’s been 20 minutes and they still haven’t shown up.
However, Jang Seung-won did not worry and waited patiently.
It must be that they are building up their emotions more intensely ahead of the rehearsal.
“Peddy.”
Finally, Jeong Seo-hoon appeared, and Jang Seung-won greeted him with a slightly surprised smile.
“Did you even put on a costume? It would have been okay if I didn’t have to.”
“It’s not just a camera test, it’s a rehearsal, right? I wanted to do it as well as possible.”
“Then I’d rather call my country. The actor alone… Anyway, I like Seo Hoon’s attitude. Let’s try it.”
He wore only official uniforms, but did not have proper make-up.
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Nevertheless, the spirit that transcends the times flows.
Jang Seung-won sat in front of the camera and manipulated the panel to display the background on the LED wall.
A large army standing in front of a vivid background created by a huge LED wall with a height of over 8 meters comes to the eyes through the camera lens.
Jang Seung-won opened his pupils wide in front of the viewfinder.
Through the earphones in the ears, the voice of the great army through the rod microphone flows severely.
-Since Her Highness Crown Princess has a healthy one-child, the future of the royal family is indeed bright.
The Daegun raises his bowed head and looks this way.
It was as if a sliding paper door was being drawn in front of my eyes.
The short time when the gap between the doors narrows is as long as an eternity.
That murderous intention to not miss an opportunity even for a moment, and keep Wonson, a competitor, right in his eyes.
Jang Seung-won felt his breathing harden.
At this moment, it seemed that she was the babysitter that Daegun glared at, and that the camera had become the eldest son that Daegun hated.
I even forgot to shout cut.
Jang Seung-won was fascinated and all his eyes were taken away by the living and breathing army in the viewfinder.
The great army is slowly approaching.
Jang Seung-won was so absorbed in the breathing of the play that he couldn’t even think of an action that was not in the script.
Finally, when only the two eyes of Daegun came into the field of vision big and vivid, Jang Seung-won trembled as he clashed his teeth.
“it is done. Should I shout cut?”
“ah······.”
At that moment, he was forcibly thrown out of reality, and Jang Seung-won looked up at Jeong Seo-hoon with blank eyes.
Jang Seung-won, who had been blinking his eyes for a while, laughed out loud.
“Ah, this… I almost passed out. I was too immersed in it without even realizing it.”
“How was it?”
“I had no idea what Mr. Seo Hoon was so dissatisfied with, but now I understand. You wanted something like this.”
I thought there was nothing more to add.
However, it’s just that his eye level was lower than that of this young actor.
“Ah, I’m a little sorry. If we continued with this momentum and even rehearsed the scene where the dethroned nephew was killed at the end, the unity between the beginning and the end could have been felt more vividly. I don’t have an actor right now.”
“Isn’t there a substitute?”
“Pinch hit? who?”
Jang Seung-won looked around to see if anyone was watching.
But there were only two of them in the studio.
Jang Seung-won, a little dumbfounded, pointed at himself with his finger.
“Could it be me?”
“Why don’t you watch Daegun directly from your nephew’s point of view, not from the producer?”
“Uh, um. But I am a directing person, not an acting person…”
Jang Seung-won, who hesitated a little, smiled brightly and got up from his seat.
“like. Let’s do a little bit. This must be a different experience.”
Jang Seung-won, who rolled up his arms, set up the recording schedule and stepped forward.
“This is embarrassing. I’m a complete beginner, but I’m trying to match the acting genius with only the two of us…”
“You can follow where I lead. It’s not difficult.”
“That word just sounded like a director. Isn’t that what you’re going to be starring in and directing later on?”
“It might be fun.”
Jang Seung-won understood why the actresses were so distracted and immersed in it.
Doesn’t it just pull the person itself mercilessly with the look, voice, and trustworthy atmosphere?
“Nephew.”
The soft voice that was pleasant to listen to suddenly changed to the voice of a large army.
The sound of metal, created by decades of exhaustion and greed, changed the color of the air at once.
The beautiful mountain background drawn by the LED wall surrounds the consciousness as if it is breathtaking.
“How could you so coldly refuse this uncle’s gift?”
For some reason, my peripheral vision seems to be blurry.
Even so, as much as the large group of central vision was clearly engraved on the retina.
Is the feeling of difficulty breathing an illusion?
“I heard that your uncle refused to take the restorative medicine. That is why I have come personally.”
Two outstretched hands grabbed his neck.
Where was this savage power hiding in her unmanly, beautiful fingers?
“Don’t worry. It won’t be that painful. Curse me and resent the late king who died early. Neither my brother will rebuke my nephew for such a small disobedience.”
It only pretends to choke, but it doesn’t actually clog the blood.
However, the brain, deceived by the fake threat, mistakenly thought it was strangling, and was on the verge of falling into panic.
Right in front of his eyes were the eyes of a power killer who pitied his young nephew.
Seeing the image projected on the power killer’s cornea, Jang Seung-won widened his eyes.
The nervous PD in his 40s was nowhere to be found, and the young king, who was crying because he did not want to die, was struggling inside.
‘What am I looking at right now?’
More power goes into the gripping hand. It’s hard to breathe.
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No, my brain was mistaken like that and was collapsing on its own.
“I will send my nephew to my brother’s side so that I won’t be lonely. How could I cut off the precious nephew’s life that I played with on my back at the hands of vulgar things? Uncle Lee will personally see off his nephew.”
Jang Seung-won’s body collapsed.
What awaits after this is fainting or strangulation.
The scenery of the studio has already disappeared from my mind.
The hallucination of a young king being strangled to death in the place of exile in Yeongwol was floating in front of his eyes.
“Goodbye. State award.”
Eyes close and vision blurs.
The last look on the face of Daegun seemed to be smiling faintly or crying.
My heart, panting at the resentment that I couldn’t even resign myself to, felt like it was burning.
Could this be the last heartbreak of the young king who was unjustly assassinated?
“It’s cut, PD.”
In an instant, all senses were erased like a lie.
Unknowingly, Jang Seung-won jumped up and touched his neck. There was not the slightest trace of a violent hand strangling the carotid artery.
“Are you good at acting? Thanks to that, it was easier for me to immerse myself. I think the person who should be a real actor is PD-nim.”
“Uh, uh… ah…”
Jang Seung-won stuttered, unable to pronounce the correct pronunciation.
He looked around as if possessed.
Several cameras that rotate slowly, a huge LED wall, and even the center of the drama dressed up as a large army.
It was a perfect studio scene without any problems.
“Just… what was that?”
“What do you mean?”
“I know I sound a little silly when I say this, but… I really felt like a little king getting killed.”
Jang Seung-won looked around with possessed eyes as if he had seen a ghost, then turned to Jeong Seo-hoon’s eyes.
“I don’t know what the feeling of immersion was… I’m bewildered, as if I had just dreamed.”
Jeong Seo-hoon smiled.
“You’re saying the same thing as everyone else.”
“…!”
Jang Seung-won gasped for a moment, but then smiled.
“Iknow, right. I am saying the same thing. Maybe it’s because you feel similar to them?”
Without giving Jung Seo-hoon a chance to answer, Jang Seung-won continued to speak.
“During the casting, Han Seo-hee suddenly showed a good side in the camera test… Was this an experience then? hahahaha, it seems that I came to my senses after falling into narcolepsy for a while.”
“Look at that. PD-nim, you have talent as an actor. Why don’t you try acting from now on?”
“Ah, I don’t think so. This is not my ability to empathize. If you think your dancing skills are good just because your partner has led you well, you will only be embarrassed in the social world.”
“I’ll change my clothes and come back.”
“Yes. In the meantime, I’ll be organizing the things I filmed. Let’s monitor together.”
“Yes. I will be back soon.”
While Jeong Seo-hoon went to change clothes, Jang Seung-won immediately organized the scene sequence captured by each of the five cameras.
He suddenly tilted his head and bit his lip.
‘Really what was it? how······.’
Jeong Seo-hoon came back soon.
He took off his historical drama costume and changed into simple casual wear, but every step he took was a photobook walk.
“Look at this scene here.”
Jang Seung-won exclaimed as he put his finger on the close-up face of Daegun.
“I saw these eyes right in front of my nose. Not at a 45 degree angle like it is now. I need to insert a scene where Seo Hoon looks straight into the camera lens later. Viewers should see the same things I saw.”
“I was also more impressed with the way PD-nim collapsed naturally.”
“I didn’t do it consciously, so I really don’t know why. I think I was really strangled and I was mistaken. It was strange anyway.”
Monitoring was all praise.
Jang Seung-won shrugged his shoulders after diligently pointing out the strengths and characteristics for about 30 minutes.
“It’s still a long way off, but I think it’ll be all we need to do when filming the final episode later. I have nothing more to touch. Perfect.”
“Is that so?”
“Hmm, something still doesn’t seem right. Are you still lacking?”
“no. I have no complaints about the performance I just did.”
“But why? These eyes now.”
Jang Seung-won continued talking while pointing his hand at the close-up of the large army’s flesh-filled eyes.
“Isn’t that what you wanted so badly?”
For a moment, Jeong Seo-hoon felt a sting as if something had hit his stomach.
‘Isn’t this what you wanted so badly?’
Coincidentally, at the same question, Jeong Seo-hun almost lost consciousness for a moment.
“Seohun? Do you suddenly look very tired? Isn’t this because you’re stressed out because you’re too emotional? I can’t. I’ll change my schedule, so don’t come to the studio tomorrow and just rest.”
“······I am okay.”
“I am not okay. What to do with the rest of the voyage if the main engine spreads out? It’s the captain’s order, so tomorrow just have a good rest. On a ship, even the ship owner must listen to the captain.”
Jang Seung-won started tidying up the juseom juseom equipment, and Jeong Seo-hoon just watched quietly.
PD said that the acting of the army was really good.
However, he will not know at all that it is more difficult now to act out everyday life that does not collapse.
***
Jiying. jing. jing. Jiying. jing. jing.
Yoo Jung-ah frowned at the unfamiliar vibration pattern of her mobile phone even in her sleep.
But as soon as I realized what this particular vibration pattern meant, my eyes popped open.
It should come out as naturally as possible.
“hello.”
-·······.
“who are you? Who are you calling me all of a sudden this early in the morning… Oh my, isn’t this number Suh Hoon?”
-Now, we are leaving from Paju after filming in the early morning.
“It is late. I don’t know if PD Jang over there rolls the schedule too hard. Is your stamina okay?”
Yoo Jeong-ah, who woke up from bed, quietly opened the closet and was quickly picking out clothes.
-If you don’t mind, would you like to have a drink together?
“Now? I think it’s too late…”
A quick hand snatched the beige shorts and off-the-shoulder blouse and tossed them onto the bed. These are the guys who were selected as today’s equipment.
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Now I have to choose shoes…
“But what is your voice like? Rather than being tired, I think you are sick.”
-I think it was because I was too immersed while practicing my role, or because my heart was a little hard.
“Oh my goodness. I know what that is. If that’s the case, I can’t help it. OK. Would you like to pick me up instead?”
– I will.
“I am home now. I’ll give you the address.”
Yoo Jung-ah, who quickly hung up the phone, froze at the sight of the living room.
Traces of the frantic party he held two days ago while inviting his actress friends were still intact.
“damn. I should just go outside.”